Yahoo

Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix ...
Yahoo

Finding a dentist can be like pulling teeth, but in 14 states, therapists are filling the gap

Information at a booth displayed on Oct. 16, 2024, at the First Alaskans Institute's Elders and Youth Conference offers information on the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's dental therapy ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Some profit-driven dentists are replacing treatable teeth with expensive dental implants, experts say

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The Conversation

In hundreds of communities across the US, finding a dentist is like pulling teeth − but in 14 states, dental therapists are filling the gap

Donald Chi receives funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). That’s why dental therapists – professionals who don’t have a full dentistry degree but are trained to provide basic ...
CBS News

Dentists are pulling healthy and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, ...